Cordoba vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cordoba	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2312	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$360	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$671	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$351	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	72
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Cordoba is 43% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5904th and 2911th ($926 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Argentina and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Argentina vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cordoba compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Cordoba ranked 2nd best city to live in Argentina vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4922nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cordoba vs Riyadh

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	Cordoba	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.59	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.03	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$265	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$710	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	37.99%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.24	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.42	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.47	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.01	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.72	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.04	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2093	$10598

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Cities near Cordoba

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Villa Carlos Paz	$820
37 km or 23 mi	Alta Gracia	$808
85 km or 53 mi	Rio Tercero	$697
96 km or 60 mi	Cruz del Eje	$775
142 km or 88 mi	Villa Maria	$677
190 km or 118 mi	Rio Cuarto	$731
197 km or 123 mi	Lujan	$722
200 km or 125 mi	San Francisco	$759
257 km or 160 mi	Rafaela	$749
278 km or 172 mi	Villa Mercedes	$710
290 km or 180 mi	San Luis	$731
308 km or 192 mi	Esperanza	$742
331 km or 206 mi	Santa Fe	$737
332 km or 206 mi	Venado Tuerto	$764
340 km or 211 mi	La Rioja	$680
349 km or 217 mi	Parana	$823
357 km or 222 mi	San Lorenzo	$698
362 km or 225 mi	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	$579
375 km or 233 mi	Rosario	$699
379 km or 235 mi	Villa Gobernador Galvez	$665
404 km or 251 mi	Santiago del Estero	$693
410 km or 255 mi	La Banda	$679
413 km or 257 mi	San Juan	$768
414 km or 257 mi	Villa Constitucion	$746
429 km or 267 mi	San Nicolas de los Arroyos	$785
436 km or 271 mi	Pergamino	$799
444 km or 276 mi	San Martin	$790
464 km or 288 mi	Junin Partido	$803
464 km or 289 mi	Las Heras	$815
467 km or 290 mi	Mendoza	$823
468 km or 291 mi	Godoy Cruz	$812
474 km or 295 mi	General Pico	$619
491 km or 305 mi	Villaguay	$730
492 km or 306 mi	San Pedro	$826
496 km or 308 mi	Gualeguay	$865
504 km or 313 mi	Reconquista	$582
521 km or 324 mi	San Miguel de Tucuman	$661
526 km or 327 mi	San Rafael	$511
537 km or 334 mi	Goya	$571
548 km or 341 mi	Chivilcoy	$842

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529